The Corporate Services and Facilities Department (CSF) of the IMF has internship opportunities for graduate students specializing in Creative Solutions and Language Services. The internship program aims to provide students the opportunity to acquire cutting edge work experience in the context of an international organization.
To best serve our business partners, in CSF we leverage our specialized knowledge, best practices, and innovation to continually adapt and respond to changing business requirements and to integrate our activities seamlessly into the work programs of the Fund. These activities range from day-to-day transactions to large scale undertakings in areas that include Facilities, Hospitality, Interpretation and Translation, Joint Bank-Fund Library, Multimedia, Procurement, Security, and Transportation.
Sample internship assignments in Creative Solutions may include:
Filming and editing short videos for our Annual Meetings;
Producing motion graphics for our internal and external communications platforms;
Designing a variety of graphics to promote events and publications;
Assisting with live event production for in-room and streamed audiences.
Sample internship assignments in Language Services may include:
To provide draft translation of an assigned text; To post-edit a machine translated output; To edit a translated document for publication; To prepare translation ready files by using a Computer Assisted Translation (CAT) tool; To shadow interpretation in a dummy booth.
Internships take place at the IMF’s headquarters in Washington DC. Internship assignments run for 3 months. During this period, interns work under the supervision of the relevant section chief. Internship projects and assignments vary and are dependent on CSF work program.